Shloka 59

नभगोपाख्यानम्

Nabhaga-Upākhyāna: The Account of Nabhaga and Shiva-Jñāna

Devanagari script

य एतच्चरितम्प्रातस्सायं च स्मरते सुधीः । कविर्भवति मन्त्रज्ञो गतिमन्ते लभेत्पराम्

Transliteration

ya etaccaritamprātassāyaṃ ca smarate sudhīḥ | kavirbhavati mantrajño gatimante labhetparām

Translation

ప్రాతః సాయంకాలాల్లో ఈ పవిత్ర చరిత్రను స్మరించే జ్ఞాని కవిగా, మంత్రజ్ఞుడిగా అవుతాడు; చివరికి శివకృపతో పరమగతిని పొందుతాడు.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• caritam: deed; story; conduct (account)
• caritam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: carita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √car (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• prātaḥ: in the morning
• prātaḥ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prātaḥ (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• sāyam: in the evening
• sāyam: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāyam (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• smarate: remembers
• smarate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; सकर्मक

• sudhīḥ: the wise man
• sudhīḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-dhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास: सु (उपसर्ग/विशेषण) + धी (बुद्धि)

• kaviḥ: a poet; seer
• kaviḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kavi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• bhavati: becomes
• bhavati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• mantrajñaḥ: knower of mantras
• mantrajñaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra-jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मन्त्रस्य ज्ञः (knower of mantras)

• gatim: state; course; destination
• gatim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ante: at the end
• ante: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; काल/अवधि-अधिकरण

• labhet: may obtain
• labhet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• parām: supreme
• parām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Frames daily remembrance (smaraṇa) as a portable pilgrimage practice yielding mantra-siddhi and the ‘supreme state’.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It teaches that regular smaraṇa (devotional remembrance) of Śiva’s līlā purifies the mind, awakens inspired insight (kavi-bhāva), matures mantra-understanding, and culminates in parā gati—liberation oriented to Śiva as Pati (the Lord).

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Remembering the ‘carita’ is a Saguna practice—contemplating Śiva’s manifest forms and acts (including Linga-related glory). Such steady recollection stabilizes devotion and leads the seeker from form-based worship toward the supreme state.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A simple daily discipline: morning and evening recitation/mental recollection of the chapter’s Shiva narrative, ideally alongside japa (e.g., the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and mindful contemplation.